RAILSCOT | Worcester and Birmingham Canal

/ /1791	Worcester and Birmingham Canal Bill passed authorising the canal.
/ /1792	Worcester and Birmingham Canal Construction begins in Birmingham, Worcester Wharf.
/10/1795	Worcester and Birmingham Canal Birmingham to Selly Oak built.
/05/1796	Worcester and Birmingham Canal Extended from Selly Oak to Kings Norton Junction to meet the northern part of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal (which was also under construction beginning in 1793 and having reached Hockley Heath by this date).
/03/1797	Worcester and Birmingham Canal Extended from Kings Norton Junction through the Wast Hills Tunnel.
/ /1807	Worcester and Birmingham Canal Extended from Hopwood, Wast Hills Tunnel, to Tardebigge.